The Challenge of Good Governance for the IMF and the World Bank Themselves

By N. Woods. 2000

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Subfields: Development, Finance, Sociology and Political Science

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Misfinancing global health: a case for transparency in disbursements and decision making. (2008, unknown): “It should be noted that representation on the Board is not equal; large donor countries have more voting power ( Woods, 2000 ).”
Rethinking the Emerging Post‐Washington Consensus (2005, unknown): “This has led to calls that they should set an example by applying standards of transparency, accountability and participation to themselves (see Woods, 2000).”
The History and Problems in the Making of Education Policy at the World Bank, 1960–2000 (2003, unknown): “Among the most signifi cant: (International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, 2000; Cavanagh et al., 1994; Danaher, 1994; Williams and Young, 1994; French, 1994; Gilbert and Vines, 2000; Bergesen and Lande, 1999; Gibbon, 1993; Gore, 2000; Collier, 2000; Woods, 2000a, b; Sanford, 1996).”
“GOOD GOVERNANCE” AND THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (2008, background): “…transparency, accountability, fairness, and ownership, values that the Bank and major bilateral donors believed at the time would translate into a broader objective to improve the rule of law, political accountability, and flows of information between governments and citizens (Woods 2000).”
Getting the territory right: infrastructure-led development and the re-emergence of spatial planning strategies (2019, background): “Thus, the World Bank became a staunch supporter of the “good governance” agenda (Woods, 2000), whose imperative to “get the institutions right” (Rodrik, 2007) became a further conditionality of structural adjustment loans.”
The World Bank and the global governance of education in a changing world order (2016, background): “the Bank’s fixed capital base provides it with some autonomy, the historical record suggests that it has been most strongly affected by the policy preferences of the United States (US), which holds the power of veto and appoints the Bank’s president (Woods, 2000; Wade, 2002).”
The Determinants of Aid Allocation by Regional Multilateral Development Banks and United Nations Agencies (2003, background): “Indeed, one multilateral institution, the World Bank, has been at the forefront of calls to strengthen the role that good governance should play in the international development agenda (Woods 2000).”